Tuesday, 16 December 2008
From The Duh Files
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I know this will come as a shock to many, but the 8664 plan will lead to an increase of traffic in downtown Louisville.
The alternative to the Ohio River Bridges Project known as “8664” would lead to increased traffic congestion, higher emissions and longer delays than the federal plan to build two new bridges and reconfigure Spaghetti Junction, a state study has found.For me, this falls into the "duh category". By removing one of the main arteries to downtown, you are going to increase traffic on other downtown roads. This is just plain common sense. Traffic is an ever growing constant. If you remove a part of 64 the traffic has to go somewhere. That somewhere is the other roads in downtown Louisville. While 8664 might beautify the downtown landscape it will do nothing to alleviate Louisville's traffic problems. In fact it will only make the problem worse.
Posted by at 9:34 PM in Louisville Politics
